This week, the Australian Prime Minister signed a framework with the US on critical and rare earth minerals. Below Australian experts respond to the agreement and outline the challenges and ...

Women who have health challenges during pregnancy are at higher risk of subsequent heart problems, and international researchers have found an irregular heartbeat is one of these problems linked to ...

In a trial on scar care, US researchers say patients who used hydrocolloid dressings - a material that can be used in dressings to create a moist, protective healing environment - on their wounds ...

People on long-term opioid treatment can be reassured that stopping these medicines is not likely to increase their risk of suicide or fatal overdose, thanks to new study from the National Drug and ...

Cities in the US are consuming so much meat, that their carbon 'hoofprint' of 329 million tonnes is larger than the entire annual carbon emissions from the UK (305 million tonnes). However, the ...

When people recall events from stories, their brain reacts differently depending on the story’s details, according to international researchers. The team created two different stories with the same ...

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*** Recording now available *** A team of Aussie researchers has uncovered how having children and breastfeeding reduces a woman’s long-term risk of developing breast cancer. The study reveals how ...

A robotic positioning system designed and built by Macquarie University engineers is now capturing light from thousands of stars and galaxies simultaneously at one of the world’s premier observing ...

Colchicine is not an effective treatment for long COVID, according to Aussie and international research which says we need to explore other therapies. The clinical trial involved 346 adults and found ...

Tropical inland waters don’t produce as many greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as previously estimated, according to the results of an international research collaboration led by Charles Darwin ...

Medications given to women considered at risk of preterm birth are linked to an increased risk of infections throughout the baby's childhood, according to Australian researchers who say this link does ...